Category: Greenhouse

Touch the Soil News #1051 (Feature photo – Generic Greenhouses for Food – CCA 1.0 Generic) Gotham Greens, a New York indoor agriculture company, has three indoor farms. A 15,000 square foot facility called Greenpoint, a 20,000 square foot facility called Gowanus and a 12,000 square foot facility in Queens, New York. Gotham Greens recently announced that it was building a 75,000 square foot greenhouse in Chicago. Gotham Greens recently came into the news as it raised $29 million to further its expansion. In total, Gotham Greens has received $45 million in venture capital money. Assuming that they will be able to finish the new Chicago greenhouse, the company will…

Touch the Soil News #968 (Feature photo – Food From Greenhouses – CCA Sa 3.0 Unported) Some of us have heard of Gotham Greens – the indoor greenhouse company that locates near big cities to provide fresh produce year round. Gotham Greens operating four facilities in New York and Chicago in greenhouses that have a total of 170,000 square feet. The company was founded in Brooklyn, New York in 2009. Making news recently is the announcement by Gotham Greens of their building a new greenhouse of 140,000 square feet – almost doubling their production capacity. The new facility will be the largest ever built in Chicago and will generate 60…

Touch the Soil News #830 (Feature photo – Netherlands, the Greenhouse Capital of the World – Hanno Lans CCA 2.0 Generic) In 2000, the nation of Netherlands (called the Dutch) made a national commitment to sustainable agriculture. The national rallying cry was “twice as much food using half as many resources. Being in a Northern climate, the Dutch have adopted the use of greenhouses, which has made them global leaders in this technology. The Netherlands is the largest exporter of food after the United States by dollar value. Through innovations and technology, the Dutch have dramatically reduced the use of water – in some cases by as much as 90…

Touch the Soil News #702 (Photo – Aerial of Sundrop Farms – CC SA 4.0) Sundrop Farms in Australia is a testament to human ingenuity. The farm is a 90-acre facility that includes greenhouses and a concentrated solar power generator to desalinate water (from the ocean) and power the greenhouses. To start with, Sundrop produces tomatoes. Estimates are that the facility has a potential to produce 30 million pounds of tomatoes a year. Initial production is under a contract with supermarket chain – Coles. Coles has 776 supermarkets throughout Australia employing some 100,000 people. You’ve got to see the video below. Sundrop plans to employ about 200 people and all…

Touch the Soil News #571 The term protected means protected from the elements. Protected horticulture has been primarily employed in greenhouse settings, but can also be in buildings hosting vertical agriculture or other forms of protecting crops from the elements. The advantage of protected horticulture is that it can produce food continually, provided there are water, light and plant nutrients. While it has not captured the attention of the American public, a food-production revolution is going on in Mexico – It is called protective vegetable farming. In the year 2000, Mexico had already established itself as a leader in protected vegetable production with about 1,950 acres under greenhouse cover. Fast…

Touch the Soil News #455 Urban Seed, a Las Vegas enterprise, wishes to launch a worldwide farming revolution while making Las Vegas an environmentally responsible source of high-end produce. Last week, the management team – a group of 10 highly experienced professionals in business, finance, horticulture and culinary arts – broke ground on a campus of 7 greenhouses. The greenhouses will have an incandescent green glow which will make them visible from the Las Vegas strip. The new campus will also include a production studio, commercial kitchen and event space. At the heart of the operation will be the hydroponic greenhouses which Urban Seed says will be run and managed…